Question

in my controller i have

if(isset($username) && trim($username)!=='')
{
    $exist  = $user_obj->checkUsernameExist($username);
        if($exist   ==  '1')
        {
            $form->getElement('username')->addError('This username exists.');
        }
}
if ($form->isValid($_POST) ) {
$user_obj->insertUser($_POST);
$this->_helper->flashMessenger->addMessage('User Added Successfully.');
 $this->_redirect('/users/usersadministration/');
 exit();    
}else { //echo 'failure';
     //print_r($form->getErrors());
 }

but my error message is not displayed even though the value of $exist is 1

Answer 1

Try

if(isset($username) && trim($username)!=='')
{
    $exist  = $user_obj->checkUsernameExist($username);
        if($exist   ==  '1')
        {
            $form->getElement('username')->addError('This username exists.');
            $form->markAsError();
        }
}